Yielding stamp-supporting mechanism.



R; N. PITGHER. YIBLDING STAMP SUPPORTING MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1914.

1, 120,742. Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

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YIELDING STAMP-SUPPORTING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914:.

Application filed January 8, 1914. Serial No. 810,931.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH N. PITCH-ER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of /Visconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Yielding Stamp-Supporting Mechanism, of which the following is a v a stroke of the hand or a hammer, be quicklybrought in contact with the thing to be marked or stamped.

My invention is further explained by reference to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 represents a side view thereof,

part in section, of one form of my device for revolubly supporting a plurality of dies, the same being especially adapted to be used fornumbering or marking the heels of shoes. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Like parts are identified by the same reference numerals throughout the several views.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the dies 1 are yieldingly supported from a revoluble sleeve 2 by flexible arms 3 and said sleeve is revolubly supported from the center of the table 4 upon a stationary trunnion 5. The table 1 is supported from the base member 6 by a central standard 7. When my device is used for marking the heels of shoes,

the heel of the shoe is placed above the supporting block 8 and said block is pivotally supported from the central standard 7 through the bracket 9, pivotal bolt 10 and inclinable arm 11. It will be obvious that when the heel of a shoe is placed above the block 8 the arm 11 is brought to near the vertical, as indicated by the dotted lines 12, when the die 1, the lower end of which is provided with a number or character, is

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brought to bear upon the opposing side of the shoe heel by the stroke of a hammer, or

other object, upon the upper end of said die. The flexible arms 3 are rigidly connected at their innerends to the sleeve 2 by one or more bolts or screws 13, while the outer ends of said arms are connected with the dies by one or more bolts or screws 14 or in any convenient manner. It will now be understood that each die 1 is provided with a separate number. or character which may be imprinted upon' the heel of the shoe and that the desired character or number is brought above the heel of the shoe by turning the sleeve 2 upon its supporting trunnion 5 until the desired character is brought in place above the thing to be marked.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the described class, the combination of a table, a central standard, extending upward from said table, a revoluble member centrally supported from said standard, a plurality of flexible arms, supported atoneend from said revoluble member, a die aflixed to the free end of each of said arms, an arm pivotally supported beneath said dies, a base member secured to the upper end of said arm, said base member being adapted to support the thing to be stamped beneath said dies.

2. In a device of the described class, the combination of a table, a central standard for said table, a revoluble member centrally supported above said standard, a plurality of flexible arms supported at one end from said revoluble member, adie aflixed to the free end of each of said arms, an arm pivotally supported from said central standard and provided at its. upper end with a base member for supporting the thing to be stamped beneath said dies, all substantially as and for the purpose specified. 1 i

Washington, D. G. 

